Using persona dolls can help children learn to treat everyone with respect, writes Babette Brown
Persona dolls are special - not only because they are toddler size, but because they come with their own individual personalities and life histories. They don't stay in the home corner but visit the children, usually at circle time.
Through the dolls, equality issues can be raised in a safe and supportive environment and children can be encouraged to treat everyone with respect. What follows is an example of how they can be used.
In a nursery school in London, Christopher shouted at one of the few black children in the group, 'Rachid, go away. You can't play. My gran and me don't like brown people.' After this, two other children, Kylie and Jeff, invited Rachid to join their game.
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